How do spammers get my email address?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/08/06/how-do-spammers-get-my-email-address.aspxThere are several common ways that spammers can get your email address:
Crawling the web for the @ sign. Spammers and cybercriminals use sophisticated tools to scan the web and harvest email addresses. If you publicly post your email address onlineen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)re: How do spammers get my email address?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/08/06/how-do-spammers-get-my-email-address.aspx#10157114Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:12:27 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10157114IanR<p>By far the greatest problem for business users is that of careless webdesigners who fail to implement harvesting protection.</p>
<p>Anyone having a website built needs to be very careful over this. </p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10157114" width="1" height="1">re: How do spammers get my email address?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/08/06/how-do-spammers-get-my-email-address.aspx#10156345Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:27:39 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10156345Darren<p>I got e-mail ad from hotmail company if it is fake ad. Someone used my e-mail and changed my password. No fair! Scammer did it.</p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10156345" width="1" height="1">re: How do spammers get my email address?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/08/06/how-do-spammers-get-my-email-address.aspx#10134494Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:35:16 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10134494Tom Hatch<p>Someone has stolen my daughters email address and is now sending out crap email. How can I disable her old email name or account?</p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10134494" width="1" height="1">re: How do spammers get my email address?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/08/06/how-do-spammers-get-my-email-address.aspx#10148439Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:47:34 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10148439email me!!!<p>natalie.padilla@me.com</p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10148439" width="1" height="1">re: How do spammers get my email address?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/08/06/how-do-spammers-get-my-email-address.aspx#10050270Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:54:54 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10050270Paulie-D<p>Another way is harvesting. We&#39;ve all received a forwarded email joke or similar message where the first hundred lines are a historical list of everyone that clicked FWD. That very email *will* end up in the hands of a spammer, eventually, who will &quot;harvest&quot; all of the visible addresses out of the email .. likely using an automated tool. All the addresses harvested and then permanently added to their spammer database .. courtesy of your friend who didn&#39;t have the courtesy to BCC (blind copy) you. &nbsp;</p>
<p>On a related note, the proper way to BCC is to send the email TO yourself and then BCC everyone else.</p>
<p>~ Paulie D</p>
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